Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting > August 27-28, 2025 | DPCPSI

Meeting Information

NIH Campus
Building 31C, Sixth Floor, Rooms F&G
31 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20894

Watch the recorded meeting:
Day 1: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56925
Day 2: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56926

Day 1

Agenda
Time	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
7:30 a.m.	Depart Hotel/NIH Security	TAC Members, Technical Advisors, and Guest Speakers
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.	TAC Caucus 1: Closed Session TAC & TA Internal Discussion	Herminia Frias, MPH (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC Co-Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, PhD., MS (Oglala Sioux) TAC Co-Chair TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors Only
10:00 a.m.	Invocation Welcome and Land Acknowledgement Blessing Song	Karina Walters, PhD (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Raymond Loretto, DVM (Jemez Pueblo), Albuquerque Area Delegate Lance Fisher (Northern Cheyenne Tribe)
10:10 a.m.	Introductions, Welcome, and Business Roll Call and Introductions Meeting Procedures Review Agenda Discuss Meeting Goals	Herminia Frias, MPH (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC Co-Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, PhD., MS (Oglala Sioux) TAC Co-Chair Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH Nicole Kleinstreuer, PhD Acting Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
10:30 a.m.	THRO Highlights and Discussion Updates on Terminated and Reinstated AI/AN Grants THRO Highlights for the year Hot Topics for 2026	Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
10:50 a.m.	10- minute Break
11:00 a.m.	Tribal Advisory Council and Technical Advisor Panel Presentation: “Research in Indian Country: Everything you need to know about Tribal Research Ethics, Codes, Research Review Boards and IRBs”	Bobby Saunkeah, RN, MSHCE, CIP (Kiowa Tribe), Oklahoma Delegate Lauren Yowelunh McLester-Davis. PhD, (Onedia Nation of Wisconsin), National at-Large Technical Advisor Jessica A. Imotichey, MPH, MLS (Chickasaw Nation), National at-Large Delegate Debra Danforth, RN, BSN (Oneida Nation), National at-Large Delegate TAC Delegates
12:30 p.m.	NIH AI/AN new Intramural IRB and Research Protocols NIH and TAC Reflection and Discussion of AI/AN IRBs processes and TAC panel presentation	Johnathan Green, MD, MBA, Director, Office of Human Subjects Research Protections at National Institutes of Health (NIH) Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH TAC Delegates
1:00 p.m.	Lunch (On Your Own in NIH Cafeteria)
2:00 p.m.	ICO Panel 1: AI/AN grant activities in translational sciences, health disparities, nutrition, and diabetes, digestive and kidney diseases. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Office of Nutrition Research (ONR) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)	NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICO) Joni Rutter, PhD, Director, NCATS Monica Webb-Hooper, PhD, Acting Director, NIMHD Andrew Bremer, MD, PhD, MAS, Director, ONR Greg Germino, MD, Deputy Director, NIDDK Co-Facilitators: TAC Co-Chairs
10:50 a.m.	10- minute Break
3:00 p.m.	ICO Panel 2: AI/AN grant activities in Lung/Heart, Aging, and General Medical Sciences (NARCH) programs and the Office of Extramural Research (OER) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institute of Aging (NIA) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) & Office of Extramural Research	NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICO) Gary Gibbons, MD, Director, NHLBI Richard Hodes, MD, Director, NIA John Lorsch, PhD, Director, OER & NIGMS Co-Facilitators: TAC Co-Chairs
4:00 p.m.	ICO Panel 3: AI/AN grant activities in Cancer, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Behavioral Research National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)	NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICO) Stephen Chanock, MD, Director, NCI Nora Volkow, MD, Director, NIDA Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, PhD, Acting Director, NIMH Jane Simoni, PhD, Associate Director NIH and Director, OBSSR Co-Facilitators: TAC Co-Chairs
5:00 p.m.	Closing Comments Blessing and Adjournment	Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH Raymond Loretto, DVM (Jemez Pueblo) Albuquerque Area Delegate
6:30 p.m.	Depart Hotel for Dinner	TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors, Speakers and THRO Staff
7:00 p.m.	Dinner (TBD)	TAC Delegates, Technical Advisors, Guest Speakers, and THRO Staff

Day 2

Agenda
Time	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
7:30 a.m.	Depart Hotel/NIH Security	TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors
9:00 a.m./strong>	Invocation Welcome and Call to Order Introductions Overview of Day 2	Herminia Frias, MPH (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC Chairperson Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
9:15 a.m.	Election of TAC Chairpersons	TAC Delegates
9:30 a.m.	All of Us Update	All of Us leadership (TBD)
9:50 a.m.	Data Sovereignty Policy and Open Discussion	Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
10:20 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Discussion with NIH Leadership	Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Director, NIH Nicole Kleinstreuer, PhD Acting Director, DPCPSI Karina Walters, PhD, MSW (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
11:30 a.m.	Group Photo (In-Person Only)	NIH Leadership, TAC Delegates, and Technical Advisors
11:45 a.m.	Lunch (On Your Own in NIH Cafeteria)
1:00 p.m.	TAC Caucus 2: TAC Internal Discussion-CLOSED SESSION	TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors Only
2:00 p.m.	Break
2:15 p.m.	TAC Recommendations & NIH Response Next Steps & Discussion	TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors TAC Co-Chairs THRO Director
3:00 p.m.	Closing Comments Blessing & Adjourn	Herminia Frias, MPH TAC Co-Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, PhD., MS TAC Co-Chair Karina Walters, PhD, MSW Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
3:20 p.m.	Depart from Building 31C to the Hotel	TAC Delegates and Technical Advisors

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